Ohio man pleads guilty to 11th OVI, license suspended for life

9:56 AM,
Feb. 6, 2014

Ernest Kirk

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| CentralOhio.com

A Chillicothe man pleaded guilty this week to operating a vehicle impaired, resulting in his 11th conviction for the offense.

Judge Scott Nusbaum sentenced Ernest R. Kirk, 57, to three years in prison and suspended his driver's license for life during a plea hearing on Tuesday, a day before he was set to go to trial on the third-degree felony OVI charge. Kirk also admitted to a community control violation on his January 2012 conviction on a fourth-degree felony OVI.

Nusbaum had sentenced Kirk to 16 months in prison on that charge and suspended his driver's license for six years. Assistant ...